Where does “ina” come from?

ina (Old Javanese) comes from Sanskrit दिन, from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám, from Indo-Iranian *dinám, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

ina (Old Javanese): mother

Definitions

  1. mother

Ancestry of “ina”, step by step

ina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit दिन

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritदिनday; cut, divided, mowed
2Proto-Indo-Aryandinámday
3Indo-Iranian*dinám—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Proto-Malayo-Polynesian ina

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianinamother
2Proto-Austronesianinamother

Words derived from “ina”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Indo-Iranian *dinám →Every word from Proto-Indo-Aryan dinám →